ALL PARSHA - The Chasam Sofer on Parshas Matos

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Baruch haba'im, welcome everyone to a special edition of all parshas parshas Matos the Chasam Sofer on parshas Matos. I'm very excited to share with you this week a Chasam Sofer that comes from Chasam Sofer HaChadash Chasam Sofer HaChadash al haTorah. Perek lamed aleph pasuk bais Nikam Nikmas Bnei Yisrael me'eis haMidyonim. Hashem commands Moshe, "Avenge the vengeance of the Jewish people from the Midianites." This is the revenge of the Jewish people. Moshe then conveys it to Klal Yisrael. Next pasuk Vayedaber Moshe el ha'am Tzvu el Midyan laseis Nikmas Hashem b'Midyan. "Avenge the vengeance of God." What happened? Hashem tells Moshe they should avenge the vengeance of the Jewish people. And when Moshe repeats it and conveys it he says, "Avenge the vengeance of Hashem." Says Rashi, Nikmas Hashem sheha'omeid keneged Yisrael k'ilu omeid keneged Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Anyone who stands against the Jewish people it's as if they're standing against God is standing against God. So even though

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1. 0:00Baruch haba'im, welcome everyone to a special edition of all parshas parshas Matos the Chasam Sofer…
2. 0:34el ha'am Tzvu el Midyan laseis Nikmas Hashem b'Midyan. "Avenge the vengeance of God." What happened?…
3. 1:06Hashem says this is the vengeance of the Jewish people, Moshe is correct in saying Nikmas…
4. 1:38Yisrael and against their will impose upon them to fight this war because since the Bnei…
5. 2:09as Hashem told them, Bnei Yisrael may have said, "This is our revenge. We're mochel. We're…
6. 2:43"Nikmas Bnei Yisrael." he said, "Nikmas Hashem." This way Klal Yisrael can't say, "We're mochel on…

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